# Where can I learn professional massage?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 2, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-learn-professional-massage/106892 "2002-05-02T17:14:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-learn-professional-massage/106892/1 "2002-05-02T17:14:35Z")

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I’m thinking of learning to do therapuetic massage, but I’m not sure where to start.  
I live in Bloomington, IN, so I’d need to find classes near enough to drive. I’m sure there is some type of overseeing / accrediting organization, but I don’t know what it is, or where to find it…  
Any massage therapists out there who can guide me?

Thanks!  
karol

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-learn-professional-massage/106892/2 "2002-05-02T17:44:27Z")

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See if this link helps:

[http://www.amtamassage.org/becometherapist-intro.htm](http://www.amtamassage.org/becometherapist-intro.htm)

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**Author:** ![Lost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/22d042/32.png) [@Lost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lost)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-learn-professional-massage/106892/3 "2002-05-02T17:49:08Z")

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This page has some info on certification  
[http://www.careeratyourfingertips.com/laws.htm](http://www.careeratyourfingertips.com/laws.htm)

and this page will let you do a search for schools in your state  
[http://www.careeratyourfingertips.com/](http://www.careeratyourfingertips.com/)

Good luck with it - I certainly enjoyed my classes & hope to finish up & be certified sometime in the near future.